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User-Interface and Graphic Design

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My mission is to help you develop, grow, and achieve your goals by using sophisticated and intelligent solutions, engaging user experience, and strategy-driven applications. Regardless of the size of your project, I deliver clean and aesthetic solutions that will help you to stand out from the crowd. My experience, creativity, knowledge, and passion drive everything I do.

Based on Long Island, NY, I can meet on location within the New York metro / tristate area. To learn more about how I can help, please email, text, or call 631.404.2929.

portfolio

Websites | Logos | Brochures | Photography | Advertising | Flash | SharePoint UI Design

recent designs

Sara Isaacson - Makeup Artist and Bridal Beuty Expert Long Island NY

saraisaacson.com

Sara Isaacson is New York-based makeup artist and bridal beauty professional with more than eight years of expert experience. She first became passionate about makeup as a teenager while experimenting with different styles, textures and techniques for her own dance performances, soon realizing that she wanted to pursue her talents professionally.

Impact Management

impactmgmt.com

Long Island based, Impact Management has commissioned me once again to redesign their website. It's built on the Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 platform leveraging document and content management, connected web parts, and custom data views. To learn more about User Experience and Interaction Design services for Microsof Office SharePoint Server 2007, click here.

   
Wagner Boat Works

wagnerboatworks.com

A traditional cat boat builder has opened up under new management and a new identity: Wagner Boat Works. Owner, Barry Wagner has rebranded the company image and moved the opperation from Amityville to a new location in the nautical community of Oyster Bay, NY.

MiracleDry

miracledry.com

This is a concept developed for MiracleDry which will be the strongest over the count remedy for excessive perspiration.

   
Outpost media Video Productions

outpostmedia.net

I recently had the opportunity to work with Owner/Editor/Producer Craig Poore of Outpost Media Productions which is one of Long Island’s Premiere Video and Digital Media Production Companies. The new website design features demo videos and client testimonials in flash video.

Andrea D'Amico

lifamilytherapist.com

Andrea D'Amico, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, has launch a new website designed to support her practice Long Island Family Counseling here on Long Island.

Formerly: eastpatchoguecounseling.com

   
KNS Brakes

knsbrakes.com

MINI Brakes

minibrakes.com

EVO Brakes

evobrakes.net

WRX Brakes

wrxbrakes.com

KNS BRakes LLC, has recently asked me to brand and redesign their main identity as well as 3 other subdivisions to market performance brake components. The requirements were to design a straight-up, no-nonsense image that communicates their business philosophy.
   
Ivy League Financial Advisors

ivyfa.com

This site was d esigned for Ivy League Financial Advisors, a financial advisory firm located in the D.C. area. They wanted a warm and inviting website that their local customers and prospects can identify with.

American Portfolios

americanportfolios.com

Headquartered on Long Island, American Portfolios is a financial services broker/dealer who's forward thinking and progressive image has made it an enjoyable experience to design their new website.

   
Barnes Investment Advisory

demo site (intial concept design)

Arizona based Barnes Investment Advisory, Inc. wanted something unusual, with some serious sophistication, like something you'd expect from a high-end fashion designer's website. They're pretty ecstatic with how it turned out: barnesinvest.com

financialalternatives.com

financialalternatives.com

This site gave me the opportunity to work with Chris Jaccard who is one of the nicest guys I've ever had the opportunity to work with. He gave me the room and flexibility to really come up with a design that was very unique for the financial services industry, and they were extremely happy with the results.

   
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what's happening

recent news

Updated 03/30/2007

I'm currently on location at Shearman & Sterling in NYC where I am working on a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS2007) Portal project to brand and extend the intranet and collaboration features. Check back soon for some screenshots of the project.

older news

Updated 01/15/2007

I designed 2 flash banners for Slomins Home Security online ad campaign which can be seen on NBC4.com and 1010wins.com or click here.

Updated 11/22/2006

New website designs have been published for KNS Brakes, a performance brake company operating out of Cary, NC. I've been working with them on a number of logo and eCommerce websites targeting specific performance vehicle makes and models including the Subaru Impreza WRX/STI, Mini Cooper, and Mitsubishi Evolution to name a few.

Updated 10/10/2006

I've been ddoing a little user interface design and intranet work in Microsoft Sharepoint 2003 and Sharepoint Portal using CSS, Javascript, and Microsoft Frontpage to redesign a website for Impact Management. The site highlights the abilities, features, and tools they make available using Microsoft Sharepoint Server technologies.

 

about me

I am a Long Island based, formally trained, freelance Graphic Designer and Art Director. I spent 7 years managing the creative efforts for a full-service design and marketing company providing end-to-end solutions for some of the top firms in the U.S. and abroad. These services include branding, corporate identity, positioning, logo design, websites, brochures, newsletters, direct-mail/drip-marketing, advertising, collateral materials and more. From business cards to billboards, intranets to extranets, multidimensional campaigns or single projects, fast turn-around or continuous long-term efforts, and everything in between, I deliver.

I've been blessed since early on with talents in both fine art and technically ability and I channel these traits into everything that I do. I push the envelope, think out-of-the-box, and drive towards clean and uncluttered design while providing a tangible representation of my clients' vision. My long track record proves that I consistently deliver excellent customer satisfaction. read more...

 

how I can help

While providing integrated and intelligent solutions, I welcome new challenges with enthusiasm, and strive to make your project an exceptional success. Clean and methodical design is the common thread throughout my work, and the design awards I've received are a testament to my widespread appeal.

My design expertise includes functional user-interactive (user-interface) design and development for websites, web-based software, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, and corporate intranets, as well as logo design and complete brand identity, information architecture, brochures, print and email newsletters, direct-mail, trade-show displays, collateral materials, and more.

I use of host of traditional design applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Quark Xpress, InDesign, and Flash, as well as more advanced development applications such as Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer in MOSS 2007. Websites are built using strict usability and accessibility standards in XHTML and CSS, JavaScript, Actionscript, and AJAX, to name a few.

You can expect

  • Good ideas about how to improve your business
  • Recommendations about new approaches and technologies that more effectively solve problems
  • Me to disagree when you're wrong and to recognize when you're right
  • Compelling vision
  • Creative solutions
  • Exceptional delivery
 

awards and accolades

Updated 9/25/2006

graphics.comOnly a week after their last eNewsletter went out which had chosen my graphic design gallery as an editor's pick, Graphics.com has chosen my logo gallery as well on their website. I guess they like my work. Thanks again. I really appreciate it.

Updated 9/18/2006

graphics.comGraphics.com sends out a weekly email newsletter which lists tips, tutorials, selections from the discussion forums. The editors also choose to honor individuals for their graphics design talents. This week, they have chosen my graphic design gallery as their editor's pick. Thank you for the recognition.

Updated 4/28/2006

CoolHomepages.com Award WinnerAfter years of browsing coolhomepages.com checking out the best websites on the internet for inspiration and examples of great design, my site has added to their list. It can be found in Newest Sites, Services, Personal, Non-Flash, and CSS&DHTML. I am blown away right now with all of the accolades this sites is getting.

Updated 4/9/2006

graphic-design.com logoMy website was the featured "Web Site of the Month" on the Design & Publishing (DT&G) website Graphic-Design.com. It was also included in the monthly newsletter that goes out to all of it's subscribers. I hope to get a profile page up on their site in shortly.
Click here
to read the review.

Updated 3/6/2006

CreativePublic.com - Designer of the Month - March 2006Received the "Designer of the Month" award from CreativePublic.com. Ten winners from around the world are given this recognition and I am humbly honored to be considered among the world's top designers.

 

   

services and skills

Creative

  • Brand Identity Development
  • Web Design
  • Print Design
  • Logo Design
  • Use-Interface Design
  • Flash Animations and Applications
  • Intranet Development
  • Interactive Presentations
  • Stock Photography Research

 

Technical

  • Web Standards and Accessibility
  • Web Systems Integration
  • E-Commerce
  • Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server Branding, Design and Development

 

Strategy and Consulting

  • Business Analyst
  • Information Architecture
  • Brand Strategy and Creation
  • Web Strategy and Integration
  • Product Launch Planning
  • Website Analytics
  • Search Engine Placement
  • Analysis of Online Competition


Marketing + Communications

  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Pay-Per-Click Ad Campaigns
  • Search Marketing Management
  • Email Marketing and e-Newsletters
  • Online public Relations
  • Online Marketing
  • Blogging
 
   

Sources of Inspiration

CSS

CSS Remix
CSS Beauty
CSS Vault
Stylegala
Unmatched Style
CSS Drive
CSS Mania

Design Galleries

Web Creme
Vitamin

Design Resources

A List Apart

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We're one of the featured Coram, New York web design firms at Finders directory - web designers directory
Premiere Vendor in the Coram, New York Website Design Business, Web Design Service Directory at Marketingtool.com.
Listed in the Brookhaven Web Designers Directory.
   

my portfolio

Websites | Logos | Brochures | Photography | Advertising | Flash | Resume | SharePoint User Experience and Interaction (UI / UX) Design

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